Pen or pencil pocket.



AfF. SKAREN.

PEN 0R PENCIL POCKET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 8.1914.

1,176,865, Patented Mar, 28,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 204. WASHINGTON. D. C.

ANTON F. SKAREN', 0F CROOKSTON, MINNESOTA.

PEN OR PENCIL POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed July 8, 1914. Serial No. 849,746.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON F. SKAREN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Crookston, in the county ofPolk and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful.

Improvements in Pen or Pencil Pockets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to pen or pencil pockets and the object of theinvention 1s to provide a simple and efiicient device which may beconveniently attached to the breast pocket of a vest or coat andwhichwill effectively hold against accidental displacement a number of pens,pencils and l1ke articles.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the followingdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a portion of a vest showing my invention applied to thepocket opening thereof in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.1 showing the inner side of a portion of the vest, parts being brokenaway to disclose the pocket construction, in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an outergarment such as a vest, coat or the like having a pocket opening 2formed therein. Stitched to the inner side of the garment andcommunicating with the pocket opening are separate pieces of material 3and 4E covered by the lining which has been partially broken away inFig. 2 to better show the pocket, The lower ends of these pieces arestitched together and to the garment as shown at 5 and suit able pockets6 are formed by running longitudinal rows of stitches 7 which extenddown to a point adjacent the bottom edge of the pieces 3 and 4 and thenupwardly on converging lines as shown so as to provide graduated pocketswhich taper from their entrance to their bottoms so as to provideopenings in which the pens or pencils may be wedged to prevent theirdisplacement.

It will be noticed that in forming the pockets the stitching 7 iscontinuous from one side of the pocket to the other being run down uponone side of the pocket and up on the other side thereof then down on theside of the adjacent pocket, leaving a wedge-shaped space 8 between eachpocket or compartment.

What is claimed is A device of the kind described comprising a vestbody, said vest body being formed with a pocket slit, a pocketconsisting of two pieces of material, a continuous line of stitchingsecuring together the pieces of material of said pocket, said line ofstitching being divided into a series of longitudinally separated linesof stitches arranged in pairs converging towardthe lower ends of saidpocket and connected by transverse stitches, the adjacent longitudinallines of stitching meeting at a point at the upper end of said pocket,said pairs of longitudinal lines of stitches forming pencil pocketsopening into said slit and having, mouths of varying widths, saidpockets being stitched transversely upon the inner side of said vestbody at its upper and lower ends whereby to be distendable freely alongits main length.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON F. SKAREN.

Witnesses:

ERIC 0. HAGEN, EMMA K. LUNDAHL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

